Originally from Great Falls, Montana, Julia moved to New Orleans to attend graduate school at the end of 2018. Juan grew up on the Westbank of New Orleans, and in search of a more fulfilling career, decided to pivot from law to healthcare around that same time. Both pursuing our masters in Occupational Therapy, we became fast friends in our graduate program and remained close for several years. One evening during the Covid pandemic, we both decided to skip a Halloween party in the interest of Covid safety, instead attending a four-person game night that Julia inisted was NOT a date. Later that Halloween night, we shared our first kiss, and quickly fell for each other (in the lightning-speed, pressure-cooker type of way that Covid relationships developed). Four-plus years later, when we're not traveling or spending time with loved ones in Nola, we still enjoy self-isolating in our home in Midcity with our dog, Roxy, and cat, Melo.